Maksim

If you want some good prices, Solomon’s in Farmingdale, NJ.

that's the problem... those safes are way too small and just limit you to how much you can buy. Gun...Room

The machine demanded it of me!

Only thing I can think of is after the update, did change the way the pages are generated. It is possible, especially because we load many posts per page, it tries to take you to the post before it had a chance to load. In the next update in a few months, there will be a change in terms of how pages/posts load so should be resolved. Will try to keep an eye out on it myself. Other times when it may be slow is around 3AM eastern... this is when our daily backups are created for the entire server and transfered offsite.

and ability to get NRA insurance ... https://mynrainsurance.com/insurance-products https://benefits.nra.org

Personal or for shooters? For shooters in general it is knowing that NRA helps the clubs run their programs and donates money routinely. They are a lobby group as you know. A lot of it is tons of education. Personal benefits beyond the satisfaction of knowing you belong with gun folks... You get member discounts and promotions, you get a pretty good magazine and can join the private clubs which are far better, far cheaper! If you don't want the magazine... as that is where the most cost is... just get the Associate Membership which is just $10! oh... and you support the forum if you go through our link! discount for you, a few bucks for the community.

I agree to a point. Depends on your purpose. If you want to be proficient with a platform or just shooting in general, you need to shoot! A SCAR is certainly cool... and if you look at it will always be fine... but can you be proficient with it without putting in thousands of rounds? If you can, great... That's the beauty of 22s and especially 22 conversion kits or guns like M&P 15-22... you can learn to handle it and train with it and then use your regular AR for shooting. And if we are talking SHTF... are you really going to go shoot every piece of small game with 223? Going to go through lots of ammo... that is why 22 has a distinct purpose. Of course, also as a training platform for new shooters or calculating bullet drop and wind.

Many gun owners die off, many do not renew. Far more than 5 million believe they have a membership but have not paid in years. Furthermore, there have been slips of the NRA to SAF and GOF along with many state sponsored organizations. Your typical gun owner does not have enough money to support them all. It is still a very big number. Also, despite being gun owners, 99% of the time a gun spends sitting in a safe... many people buy a gun for home defense, go shoot it the first few months and then put it away until they need it. Usually at this time they also stop renewing. What % of drivers have a AAA membership? =) Or what percentage of Republic and Democratic voters contribute to the RNC and DNC annually? FAR FAR LESS!

Hey hey hey... I am one of those Starbucks which chocolate mocha drinking aholes! Don't hurt my feelings. I think the best thing we can do is merely present the facts and most of all be patient.... and I know that is the hardest part, especially when we seem to be having those conversations routinely. We (experienced gun owners tired of the BS) need to maintain our cool so to speak because we need to closet gun owners to be comfortable. ONCE he understands the NRA is not for Nazis, actually comes out to a few meetings or Shot Show and actually hangs around other NRA membership card holders he will realize we are not what we are portrayed to be. BUT... I don't believe it is in the best interest of gun owners to live up to the "crazy gun nut" perception liberals have about us. Just ask @Pizza Bob about our regular Starbucks forum meetups we did outside liberal Princeton. All we need to do is have conversations without going into defensive mode... as hard as it is.

Ok, so good thing you did not vote for Murphy... there is hope. As far as access to guns... guess what? Already illegal! And NRA funds Project GunSafe, mandating gun locks for every gun. Beyond that... are children accessing guns the issue? I would think more kids get in trouble by having access to booze, drugs, cigarettes, kitchen knives and the internet! But yes... children access to guns... already illegal. Next... ? Btw, here is the link to the NRA/NSSF Project Childsafe program. https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2016/6/24/nssf-offers-free-gun-safety-materials-for-you/ https://www.projectchildsafe.org

Is it lag perhaps? What devices? Desktop? Ipad? Possible to replicate?

We don't have to be douchey with personal attacks. Good conservatives don't stoop down to crazy level. =) Yes, the constitution is a living document and no arguments from me. This is partly why I respect the democratic principals enough to realize that if Liberals want to run the state into the ground at the expense of gun control, they can... it is my right to get the hell out of there. Now, to answer your second question, honestly... I DO believe you need to be a member of the NRA. If it was not for the NRA as the lobbying organization we would all be shooting 5 round magazines every other sunday only and every gun would be registered. The problem is... what you will find, there IS NO MIDDLE GROUND! You are not going to find ANY gun grabbers who merely want to ensure background checks and I have yet to see one "sensible gun control" person come out and say... "No, AR's are not the problem, they are merely scary looking... a 100 year old Mosin Nagant is more likely to kill someone from one round, or a 308 hunting rifle is more deadly." This is what the gun debate is unfortunately today. At a certain point, you need to pick a side, whether you agree with it or not 100%. The only way guns remain safe is by the pro-gun lobby being extreme. Now, as far as the background checks... it is all BS anyway and you should know there is no "gun show loophole" etc. You buy a gun from a dealer, you get a background check. Furthermore, ANYONE can do a face to face transaction at a gun dealer! ANYONE! The problem is... you cannot mandate it because it is "states rights." You cannot pick and choose cases where on one hand "such as NYC or Cali gun control" but then at the same time say that Alaska, PA, Wyoming are too loose.. That is states rights... they have the right, legally to put in those controls as much as other states have the right to say... "we trust our citizens, guns are not evil." But in any case... NRA is more than lobbying... it is primarily about informing, teaching new gun owners, sponsoring events, and most of all, benefits to members such as legal help. It really is silly if you think about it to say I am not going to be an NRA member even though they do 95% of the things I agree with. In that case... I suppose Every liberal gun owner voted against Murphy? just because he was against guns? Take a look at my posts from 10 years ago... you will find that I at that time did support "common sense stuff" BUT... you learn with gun ownership that anti gun people DON'T GIVE A CRAP ABOUT YOU, and don't know which way to point a gun. To them, "common sense gun control" is merely the misconceptions and lies they think... i.e. a gang banger with mental health problems can go buy a gun at a store without a background check. You also learn with time that guns are just an inanimate objects... anyone who really wants to can go 3d print a gun at Staples.... or go to Home Depot and buy ingredients to make a bomb. Legal gun owners are not the problem and NO LAWS will stop bad people from doing bad shit. They are criminals for a reason.

Fixed the title. =) Next time, make sure to tag me, @ + Username.... @maksim and can see it.

Fixed a few things, added a few things. Fixed logins so you can now: Login with your display name OR email. This was an issue with at least one person with non standard characters where on mobile iPhones used a different charset. Can login with Facebook or Twitter, will look at Google later, although Google+ is in the process of being phased out. Added reactions including Agree Disagree Informative FacePalm I am still looking into Tapatalk. They have not updated their app in over 6 months and figuring how we can make it work without crashing the forum. Will keep updated. The User app which you download, is not the issue. The issue is the tapatalk app that is installed on our server which lets Tapatalk see content. Their app crashes our forum.

Was there the entire time. I will change it out as native so not blocked as ad....

Love the spaceman... need some gremlins!

Here you go, NRA sign up link. $30, $15 off of regular $45 and the forum gets $5. You can also sign up for the "Associate Membership" which is just $10... but does not get the magazine. No excuses... https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/signup.asp?campaignid=XC021458

Yes.... yes it did... made my signature. That is actually not true.... NRA and the gun industry threw the bump stocks and likely binary triggers under the bus! But the point is, they need to take a hard stance because they know they will have to negotiate some stuff later... but NRA being hardcore? NAH... not even close. Look at SAF. NRA is actually considered quite liberal by many gun owners. In any case, NRA does a LOT for new shooters and the general shooting sports. Sometimes for the health of the community we just need to take everyone in. Even on the forum we have a few token liberal gun owners. =) and @Ray Ray but we love them anyway!

OMG... I think I found a new line for my signature!

Had a bit too much to drink? =P Since when is a Mosin NOT a commie gun? Or I suppose the M91 is a "sovereigns" gun... 91/30 is a commie gun, m44 SUPER commie gun. =P But I am an equal opportunity lover.... Commie... (technically... its a Fin) And some American love...

Spot on... Much better lighting and most of all FAR healthier... er Less Bad! No matter how good the ventilation is... you are still breathing in lead and mercury. And all of that crap gets on your clothes and gun bag as you set it down on the floor/bench. NRA membership is $25 or $30 per year with discount. If you want it, let me know, can sign you up through the forum.

Tube fed guns can typically run 22lr, 22 short, etc. so depending on which.... it ca mean 15 or 18. If you like those stocks, check out Boyd's Stocks. They have similar stocks for most guns out there.

Where are you located? Visit any of the vendors here and they will have plenty of guns for you to look at. I do challenge the notion of "id ideally want to buy one rifle and it be top of the line since i really only want a single rifle," because quite frankly... that is a huge fallacy. As good as the SCAR is... they are expensive and generally, in NJ you cannot enjoy all of the cool evil features such as that folding stock. Also, do you want a shooter? Or a safe queen to show off? Would you want something for long range shooting? gun games like 3 gun? or something more "historically accurate"? There really is no "top of the line" rifle that does it all really well... there are always trade offs. If you want really good long range shooting, you would get or build something like a 24" AR in 6.5, 6.8 or 224 Valk. That gun is going to be extremely accurate, and could be top of the line, but completely impractical for shooting at most NJ ranges, or run and gun stuff, and certainly home defense. The beauty of the AR platform is that you can have one lower and swap out the upper receivers for different purposes. So my suggestion, go out and figure out what you want your gun to do, then shop for that purpose. In the mean time, get a 22lr and go practice practice practice. In reality, you need at least 12 guns or so, and we discussed this before... but as far as rifles.. you will eventually get/need... 1. 22lr for plinking, cheap shooting. 500 rounds for $20 vs 500 rounds for $125. 2. Home Defense type AR 16" or 14.5" plus brake in 223. 3. Bolt Action longer range 308... Remington 700, Savage 10, etc. 4. Mosin Nagant... cause everyone needs a Mosin... or 2... or 20. 5. AK variant.... because you need a backup gun for when your AR dies down.

Welcome to the community! Gunnar's Ridge/ Cobra One? Brand new range or a great kept secret?

Your better FFL's accept credit cards. =) Doesn't stop them from paying $1,000 for the latest iPhone.